Working glove

ABSTRACT

The invention pertains to a novel working glove. Part at least of said glove is made of a supple burring material having a plurality of projections thereon such as loops or hooks. A piece of grinding, sanding, polishing or similar material, having a plurality of projections such as hooks or loops, on the back thereof can be removably fixed to said glove by interengagement of said projections. The material referred to is of the type commonly known by the name VELCRO (a registered trademark).

United States Patent De Brabander 3,885,249 51 May 27, 1975Callanan.................i.....t.....

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Various products or tools are used for the manual applications, e.g.cloths, felt, sand-papering material, brushes, scrapers, etc.

The mechanical means use motive power to move such components inrelation to the surfaces requiring to be treated. These mechanical meansare comparatively expensive and their use is comparatively limited,depending on the kind, shape and dimensions of the objects which are tobe treated.

One purpose of the present invention is to provide a new means allowingin many cases very advantageously to replace the means, stated above,which are known today.

Another purpose of the invention relates to the achievement of makingavailable a new industrial product, the use of which does not requireany special skill.

The object of the invention is a working glove in which at least onepart of one of the two sides is made from a burring fabric, such that itis possible, by merely pressing on, either to secure a component thebackside of which is conditioned in such a way as to cooperate with thesaid burring fabric, or to remove it by simply pulling off or stripping,the frontside or working face of the said component being selected toperform the work to be done.

Thus the working component may be either removed from or replaced on thesaid burring surface of the glove, thus improving both the working rateand working comfort, and lowering the cost.

In this connection glove means anything that may be adapted or attachedto a hand as a plain glove, a mitten, 21 muff or the like.

In a preferred embodiment, the muff-shaped glove is made from a burringfabric covering the whole or part of the surface of the muff. Thischaracteristic feature is important because, due to it, the muff may beused either by a right-handed or left-handed person. It is alsoimportant in order to reduce the stock of various gloves forrespectively right-handed and left-handed people. The burring fabric orthe parts of same shall preferably be extended for a definitive lengthby an ordinary fabric to which attaching strips are secured, which arepreferably made from elastic burring fabric.

The burring fabric forming the whole or'a part of the glove ispreferably of the hook type, whilst in certain embodiments, a fabricwith loops may also be used. The components which are to be fixed to theglove depending on the operations to be carried out, may have variousshapes and dimensions. In this connection, it should be noted that oneand the same glove can be used for a multiplicity of various workingcomponents, with or without the use of solid products, powdery products,pasty products or fluids.

It is clear that it is not difficult to adapt a glove of the kind inquestion to the complementary components which must be secured on thesaid glove, in other words to adapt it to the operations which are to beperformed. It goes without saying that, using a conventional glove,

it is possible to make a glove according to the invention by fixing onone or both sides one or many burring components, e.g. burring tape-likeparts.

A few embodiments are schematically shown by way of examples on theattached drawings, of which FIG. 1 shows a muff or mitten 1, both sidesof which are made from a burring fabric, with a wrist extension 2 madefrom ordinary fabric, secured to which are the attaching strips 3-4,preferably made from elastic burring fabric;

FIG. 2 is similar to FIG. 1, but shows a muff 1 attached to the wrist bymeans of the said strips 3-4;

FIG. 3 is similar to FIG. 2 and shows the stage when the workingcomponent 5 is being fixed onto the glove by simple pressing. Thiscomponent may be used either alone or associated with any powder,liquid, paste or other product. The said working component 5 is, ofcourse, interchangeable and may immediately, so to say, be replaced byanother working component either the same as or different from thepreceding one;

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment shaped as a conventional fingered glove 6,whilst FIG. 5 shows a variant shaped as a glove or mitten without athumb or fingers;

FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 show the same muff as FIG. 1, but with workingcomponents of various shapes, round, rectangular and oval respectively.

It goes without saying that a working glove of the kind may becomplemented with all additional means suggested by the works to beprovided for. For instance, in certain conditions it may be advantageousto provide the working glove with a lining made from an imperviousmaterial, e.g. polyurethane, in order to protect the hand against anypercolation of biting or other products to be used.

It should be well understood that the shape and dimensions of the gloveand also of the working components can be indefinitely varied in orderto be adapted to a variety of possible applications.

What I claim is:

1. A work glove of which at least a surface portion of the palm sidethereof comprises a burring fabric; and a working component comprising asheet-like member,

one side of which is provided with a cooperating burring fabric, saidmember being removably secured on the said surface portion of said gloveby interengagement of their burring fabrics, the other side of the saidmember being outermost and being provided with abrasive means forperforming an operation on a workpiece in response to relative movementbetween said member and workpiece.

2. A work glove according to claim 1, in which the whole of the glove ismade from a burring fabric.

3. A work glove according to claim 1, in which only the palm sidethereof is made from a burring fabric.

4. A work glove'according to claim I. in which the glove has a wristencircling part made from non-burring fabric.

5. A work glove according to claim 4 in which said wrist part isprovided with closing strips made from an elastic burring fabric.

1. A work glove of which at least a surface portion of the palm sidethereof comprises a burring fabric; and a working component comprising asheet-like member, one side of which is provided with a cooperatingburring fabric, said member being removably secured on the said surfaceportion of said glove by interengagement of their burring fabrics, theother side of the said member being outermost and being provided withabrasive means for performing an operation on a workpiece in response torelative movement between said member and workpiece.
 2. A work gloveaccording to claim 1, in which the whole of the glove is made from aburring fabric.
 3. A work glove according to claim 1, in which only thepalm side thereof is made from a burring fabric.
 4. A work gloveaccording to claim 1 in which the glove has a wrist encircling part madefrom non-burring fabric.
 5. A work glove according to claim 4 in whichsaid wrist part is provided with closing strips made from an elasticburring fabric.